Improvement in sad and fluting irons combined



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Improvement in Sad and FIuti-ng-Irons Combined.

I No. 132,093. Patented ocr.s,1a72.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUSTIN MANN, OF PITTSBURG, PA., ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS HIS RIGHT TO ROBERT A. WILSON, OHAS. J. BALDWIN, AND JOHN HEWIT.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAD AND FLUTING IRONS COMBINED.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,093, dated October 8, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUSTIN S. MANN, of'

ing Device, of which the following is -a full,

clear,land exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and the letl ters of reference marked thereon making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view in perspective of my improved sad -iron 5 Fig. 2 is an end view; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view, and Fig. 4 is a bottom view in perspective of the independent corrugated plate or iron holder.

The object of my invention is to furnish, as a new article of manufacture, a sad-iron which is susceptible of being used both as a sad-iron and flut-ing device, and one which, in both operations, will act with an ironing movement. Thus the iiuting device will impart the same gloss to the rufles as the sad-iron does to the other portions of the garment. The great advantage of this invention is lfound in its cheapness, simplicity, and entire practicability, a iiuting device being secured at scarcely any additional cost and with no increased weight of metal over the ordinary smoothing-iron now in general use. The nature of my invention consists in corrugating the upper face of the sad-iron plate, so as to permit of its being used in connection with any independent corrugated plate, which may be made, if preferred, in the style of an iron-holder. The sad-iron plate thus formed, one face being smooth and polished as the ordinary smoothing-iron, and the other face being corrugated, as stated,is con. nected with the handle by two shank-arms on pivot centers, so as to permit, after the garment has been ironed, of the sad-iron plate being revolved, the smooth face being thrown up and the corrugated face down, when the device is in condition to iron any rufdes that may be required to be iiuted.

The construction and operation of my invention is as follows: A is the sad-iron plate, and is constructed of any suitable metal. This plate A is cast or otherwise manufactured so as to have one of its faces, B, iiat, as shown in Figs. l and 2, and which face is polished and iinished as is the ordinary smoothing-iron. The other face, C, is cast with numerous corrugations c c. This plate A is connected with the handle D by two shank-arms, E E, on pivot-centers, as shown .at a a. The attachment of the shank-arms to the plate may be made by any ordinary mechanical means which will allow of the plate being revolved when desired, and which at the Sametime will furnish a sufficiently-positive brace-bearing to maintain the plate in a fixed and steady position after it has been reversed. Thus it will be seen, as the sad-iron plate A is no thicker than the ordinary smoothing-iron now in use, I secure all the advantages of a iiuting device, comparatively speaking, without any increased cost in the price of the iron, and at the same time furnish an article that is neither heavy nor cumbersome to work with.

From theforegoing description the operation of my machine will be readily understood. The face B of the sad-iron plate is turned down and you have the ordinary smoothing-iron. After you have ironed the plain portions of the garment with the same, if there are rufdes to be Iiuted you simply revolve the plate, throwing up the smooth faceB and bringing down the corrugated face C, when the iron is in condition to iron and flute the ruffle. Any flat corrugated plate, its corrugations being precisely similar to the face G, may be used. This plate may be, if desired, in the form of the ironholder F, as shown in Fig. 4.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A revolving sad-iron plate, A, havingV a smooth face, B, and a corrugated face, G, so as to permit of its use both as a smoothingiron and iiuting device, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

A. S. MANN.

Witnesses EDWIN JAMIEs, J os. T. K. PLANT. 

